Blessing Oluwadare joined the Global Health Research Team within the Global Transformation research center at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in June 2026. She holds a B.Tech in Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria, and an MSc in International Health from Heidelberg University, Germany, where she was a DAAD scholar. She is currently working toward a PhD in Economics and Global Health at the University of Kiel.

Prior to joining the Kiel Institute, Blessing gained research experience in tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance. Her recent research focuses on gender differences in antimicrobial resistance patterns in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

At the Kiel Institute, Blessing contributes to IPT11, a project within the interdisciplinary research alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS, focusing on country-specific barriers to antibiotic access, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and incentives for the development of new antibiotics. In this role, she collaborates closely with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg, the Research Center at Borstel (FZB), and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin. In addition, Blessing contributes to coordination of the Leibniz Lab’s “Pandemic Preparedness” work package on the planned WHO Pandemic Agreement.

Her main research interests include antimicrobial resistance, health equity, One Health approaches, and evidence-informed policy.